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江苏省泰州市济川中学2020届九年级上学期英语第一次阶段考试试卷（含听力音频）
It was Saturday again. Grace and Karen disliked Saturdays. That was another thing the twins had in common. They shared the same clothes and tied their hair in the same manner. In fact, it was hard for their classmates and teachers to tell the difference between them sometimes.
Unlike their classmates, they had to get up early at seven every Saturday to prepare for their lessons. Grace had to attend the art lesson and Karen had to attend her ballet lesson. "How I wish I could do something different today," said the twins with one voice. All at once, an idea came to Grace and Karen at the same time. "What about exchanging our roles for a day?" they asked each other. It seemed like a wonderful plan. After giving each other a description of their own friends, Grace put on Karen's ballet dress while Karen put Grace's brushes and paints into her bag. Then they left for their classes.
When the art lesson started, Karen was lost. Unlike Grace, Karen was poor at drawing. When the art lesson finally ended, Karen didn't dare to hand in her work.
Meanwhile, Grace had problems in the ballet class as well. As she had no idea about the dance steps, she had to follow her classmates blindly. As a result, she kept knocking into them. Their ballet teacher became impatient with her, "Karen, you should remember the basic steps."
When Karen and Grace got home, they were tired out. They decided that they would never try to be someone else they were not. It seemed that the grass was not always greener on the other side.
根据短文内容回答下面的五个问题，每题答案不超过7个词。
When you were at school, the last thing you probably wanted to do was to spend your weekends going to work. There was homework to do, sports to play and fun to be had{#blank#}1{#/blank#}When I was a teenager I had to deliver newspapers to people's homes and work at the checkout.{#blank#}2{#/blank#} It's one of those things that is seen almost as a rite of passage(成人仪式). Teenagers agree that it teaches valuable lessons about working with adults and also about managing your money. So, that's no bad thing!
{#blank#}3{#/blank#}A 2015 study found that not taking part in part-time work at school age was blamed by employers' organizations because young adults were ill-prepared for full-time employment. But despite (尽管) this, recent statistics have shown that the number of schoolchildren in the UK with a part-time job has fallen by a fifth in the past five years.
{#blank#}4{#/blank#} Probably not. Some experts feel that young people feel going out to work will hinder their performance at school, and they are under more pressure now to study hard and get good exam results - and a good job in the long term{#blank#}5{#/blank#}
A. Today in the UK you are allowed to work from the age of 13, and many children do take up part-time jobs. B. But our parents probably persuaded us to find a job to earn some money and get some life experience. C. In reality, it's all about getting the right balance between doing part-time work and having enough time to study and rest. D. So, does this mean that British teenagers are now more afraid of hard graft (艰苦奋斗)? E. Some research has shown that not taking on a Saturday or holiday job could be detrimental (有危害的 ) to a person later on |
My father doesn't know how to cook. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} If no one cooks for him, he doesn't eat anything.
Today, my mother doesn't feel well. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} My mother and I are happy. My father says he will go shopping first.{#blank#}3{#/blank#}
So my mother writes all the things on a piece of paper(-张纸) like this: ⒈cake; ⒉egg; ⒊tomato; ⒋milk; ⒌chicken.
Then my father goes out.{#blank#}4{#/blank#} He brings out all the things: one cake, two eggs, three tomatoes, four bags of milk and five chickens!
Looking at those things, {#blank#}5{#/blank#}
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A. So he doesn't cook. B. An hour later, he comes back. C. But he doesn't know what to buy. D. My father says he will cook for us. E. my mother and I laughed (笑) and laughed. |
There was a park near my home. Many people said there was nothing special there. One afternoon I went into the park. {#blank#}1{#/blank#} "Which way should I go?" I asked myself. The two paths(小路) were different from each other.
The left one was wide and clean. {#blank#}2{#/blank#} The flowers were very beautiful. I decided to take this path. But wait! I looked at the right one. It was not clean. For a long time I couldn't decide which path to choose.
{#blank#}3{#/blank#} It wasn't nice, but I didn't want to give up. At last I came to the end of the path. Ah! There was a small garden there. It was beautiful. I thought it was the nicest part of the park. When I told them what I had seen in the park, they just smiled at me without saying a word.
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My trip to the park made me understand something about life. {#blank#}5{#/blank#} You may get a big surprise!
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A. There were many flowers on both sides of the path. B. I knew they didn't believe me. C. So, don't be afraid to choose a path that most people don't. D. I walked for some time and found myself standing in front of two paths. E. After a while a strange feeling made me follow the dirty path. |
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